assign
verb OPAL W
/əˈsaɪn/
/əˈsaɪn/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they assign | /əˈsaɪn/ /əˈsaɪn/ |
| he / she / it assigns | /əˈsaɪnz/ /əˈsaɪnz/ |
| past simple assigned | /əˈsaɪnd/ /əˈsaɪnd/ |
| past participle assigned | /əˈsaɪnd/ /əˈsaɪnd/ |
| -ing form assigning | /əˈsaɪnɪŋ/ /əˈsaɪnɪŋ/ |
- to give somebody something that they can use, or some work or responsibility
分配（某物）；分派，布置（工作、任务等） - assign something (to somebody) The teacher assigned a different task to each of the children.
老师给每个孩子都布置了不同的作业。 - The two large classrooms have been assigned to us.
这两间大教室分配给了我们。 - assign somebody something We have been assigned the two large classrooms.
我们分得了这两间大教室。 - The teacher assigned each of the children a different task.
老师给每个孩子都布置了不同的作业。
- assign something (to somebody) The teacher assigned a different task to each of the children.
- to provide a person for a particular task or position
指定；指派 - assign somebody (to something/as something) They've assigned their best man to the job.
他们指派了最优秀的人承担这项工作。 - Two senior officers have been assigned to the case.
已经指派了两名高级警官去处理这个案子。 - assign somebody to do something British forces have been assigned to help with peacekeeping.
英国军队被派遣协助维持和平。
- assign somebody (to something/as something) They've assigned their best man to the job.
- [usually passive] to send a person to work under the authority of somebody or in a particular group
委派；派遣 - be assigned to somebody/something I was assigned to B platoon.
我被派到 B 排工作。 - He was assigned to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1975.
他于1975年被派遣到加拿大皇家海军工作。
- be assigned to somebody/something I was assigned to B platoon.
- to say that something has a particular value or function, or happens at a particular time or place
确定（价值、功能、时间、地点） - assign something to something Assign a different colour to each different type of information.
给每类信息分别确定一种颜色。 - assign something sth The painting cannot be assigned an exact date.
这幅画的年代确定不了。
- assign something to something Assign a different colour to each different type of information.
- assign something to somebody (law
法律 转让，让与（财产、权利） - The agreement assigns copyright to the publisher.
协议规定将版权转让给出版商。 - She has assigned the lease to her daughter.
她已将租约转让给女儿。
- The agreement assigns copyright to the publisher.
词源Middle English: from Old French asigner, assiner, from Latin assignare, from ad- ‘to’ + signare ‘to sign’.